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191 T176. The Human Connection with Planet Earth: What is it and Why is it Important?
(National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geoscience Education Division; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Monday, 6 October 2008: 8:00 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 342CF
Presiding:
Suzanne M. Smaglik and Edward Nuhfer
8:00 AM
191-1
The Human Connection with Planet Earth: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
Suzanne M. Smaglik, Central Wyoming College
8:15 AM
191-2
Human Connections with Earth: From the Practical to the Sublime
D.W. Mogk, Montana State Univ
8:35 AM
191-3
Leveraging Sense of Place in Geoscience Teaching and Assessment
Steven Semken, Arizona State University; Deborah Williams, Arizona State University; Tracy Perkins, Arizona State University; Monica Pineda, Arizona State University; Vicki Mills, Arizona State University; Carol Butler Freeman, Arizona State University
8:50 AM
191-4
The Collision of Will and Skill in Introductory Geoscience Courses: The Affective Domain and the Effective Application of Cognitive Strategies
David A. McConnell, The University of Akron
9:05 AM
191-5
The Roles of Worldview, Realpolitik and Motivation in Studying the Earth Sciences: Perspectives Drawn from Working as a Geoscientist and Educator on Native American Reservations
Eric M. Riggs, Purdue University
9:25 AM
191-6
Why Study Geology?
Eldridge M. Moores, Univ of California
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
191-7
"There's No Place Like Home"—Expanding Sense of Uniqueness of Home as a Path to Enlisting Students' Desire to Learn How Earth Works
Edward Nuhfer, California State University Channel Islands
10:15 AM
191-8
Earthscape Edinboro: An Earth Systems Based Educational Model to Connect Locals with Their Locale
Joseph F. Reese, Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania; Eric C. Straffin
10:30 AM
191-9
Inspire Students to Excel through Service Learning: Case Study of Hurricane Katrina
Leilani Arthurs, University of Colorado at Boulder
10:45 AM
191-10
Soil, a Component of the Rock Cycle, can Lead to an Appreciation of Deep Time
Hugh Rance, Queensborough Community College
11:00 AM
191-11
Using Bottled Water to Further Student Understanding and Appreciation of Groundwater and the Environment
Peter E. Riemersma, Grand Valley State University
11:15 AM
191-12
Self-Discovered Human Connections with Planet Earth: Learning from the GEP's Earth Wall Chart
James H. Wandersee, Louisiana State University; Renee M. Clary, Mississippi State University
11:30 AM
Discussion
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